Marathas and Kunbis not separate castes, both should be under OBC: Maharashtra Backward Class panel report

The Maharashtra State Backward Class Commission in its report has said that Marathas and Kunbis are one and the same community. Mumbai: The Maharashtra State Backward Class Commission in its report has said that Marathas and Kunbis are one and the same community. “The caste, Maratha, which was appearing in the 1942 list disappeared from the list of Other Backward Communities prepared by the Government of India,” the report said, adding that in 1966, the state government prepared a modified list by which the Kunbi caste was included in the OBC. Except for the Marathas, all other such castes are included in the list of Backward Classes… So the Maratha caste should not have been an exception,” the panel said.